16 week: Quickening

I'm a FTM (first time mom) and I was wondering if anyone else is feeling small movements, I'm 16 weeks on Wednesday, and I really want to know if what I'm feeling is the "quickening" movements. I feel like a pulsing or popping sensation under my belly button and sometimes down to the left at the bottom of my belly.

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I haven’t felt anything yet, but I’m only 13 weeks. For my first baby, I wasn’t sure of mocements until around 19 weeks, but it’s totally possible at 16 weeks too! Do you feel more movement after drinking cold water or orange juice? That usually worked for me.

I haven’t felt anything yet, but I’m only 13 weeks. For my first baby, I ...

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10/22/2018

I haven’t felt anything yet, but I’m only 13 weeks. For my first baby, I wasn’t sure of mocements until around 19 weeks, but it’s totally possible at 16 weeks too! Do you feel more movement after drinking cold water or orange juice? That usually worked for me.

Typically I feel the movement after or while eating/drinking something sweet like sweetened applesauce or Gatorade.

My SIL (sister-in-law) in pregnant with her first, just over 16 weeks, and was feeling her baby at 4:30 this morning. I'm a little envious because this is my 5th to make it past 6 weeks, and I can't say I've felt anything. Though I'm working REALLY hard to keep my bowels moving, so I always have massive gas moving around and I anticipate I'll still be a while before I feel anything definitive haha. Earliest I've felt was 16 weeks though, and that was my last two babes. If you're a smaller person it's easier to feel babe as well.

I’m 15 weeks (first time mom) and I’m not sure what I’m feeling is the baby moving or not either, but I notice when I sit for a while, I swear I can. It’s almost like a twitching spasm feeling like you get in your arm or something, in my lower belly. Only time will tell I guess.

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